This was actually good. Shame that John has probably already made up his mind about it before seeing it. Also there's definitely some scenes that he'd call "mean-spirited."

1) Just because I think a movie looks terrible and I expect it to be terrible doesn’t mean I want it to be terrible. I expected Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle to be bad and I came out pleasantly surprised.

2) You seem to keep forgetting that when I criticize a comedy for being mean-spirited, I criticize it for being needlessly mean-spirited.

This was actually good. Shame that John has probably already made up his mind about it before seeing it. Also there's definitely some scenes that he'd call "mean-spirited."

1) Just because I think a movie looks terrible and I expect it to be terrible doesn’t mean I want it to be terrible. I expected Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle to be bad and I came out pleasantly surprised.

2) You seem to keep forgetting that when I criticize a comedy for being mean-spirited, I criticize it for being needlessly mean-spirited.

Indeed, and you'll call this film "needlessly mean-spirited." In fact, helicopter parents across the world are already calling the film that.

This was actually good. Shame that John has probably already made up his mind about it before seeing it. Also there's definitely some scenes that he'd call "mean-spirited."

1) Just because I think a movie looks terrible and I expect it to be terrible doesn’t mean I want it to be terrible. I expected Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle to be bad and I came out pleasantly surprised.

2) You seem to keep forgetting that when I criticize a comedy for being mean-spirited, I criticize it for being needlessly mean-spirited.

Indeed, and you'll call this film "needlessly mean-spirited." In fact, helicopter parents across the world are already calling the film that.

That allergy joke sounds dumb as bricks, but I wouldn't boycott it over that like others are doing.

Did this have any LGBT stuff in it? I ask because in the Isle of Dogs theater, there was a dad with a young girl who had a Peter Rabbit popcorn bucket. I overheard that Peter Rabbit apparently got 16+ rating. Usually, that only happens to such films if the Ministry of Culture finds gay propaganda in them (i.e. Beauty and the Beast, Power Rangers, etc.)

Did this have any LGBT stuff in it? I ask because in the Isle of Dogs theater, there was a dad with a young girl who had a Peter Rabbit popcorn bucket. I overheard that Peter Rabbit apparently got 16+ rating. Usually, that only happens to such films if the Ministry of Culture finds gay propaganda in them (i.e. Beauty and the Beast, Power Rangers, etc.)

I saw it twice and saw no LGBT stuff. HOWEVER, I am often tone-deaf to that type of stuff because I just don't care, but I'm pretty sure there weren't any shoe-horned agenda stuff that I could identify. Jake and Frank also saw it, so they might be able to corroborate or correct my reply.